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Faculty/Staff Honors and Awards 2006

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Department of Aerospace Engineering
D. Chimenti: Invited Speaker, International Conference on Advanced NDT Research and Application

P. Durbin: Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering; Advisory Editor, Flow Turbulence and Combustion

P. Lu: AIAA Sustained Service Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

G. Rajagopalan: 2005 Alfred Gessow Award for Best Paper, American Helicopter Society

A. Rothmayer: Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

R. B. Thompson: Distinguished Fellow, Iowa Academy of Sciences

Z. Wang: Associate Editor, American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace Journal; Guest Editor, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics; Invited Lecturer, Von Karman Institut

 

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
C. Bern: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching, ISU Foundation; National Food and Energy Council Electric Technology Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

T. Brumm: Outstanding Advisor Award, College of Agriculture, ISU; Outstanding Performance Award—GradPlanner Implementation Project, College of Engineering, ISU

R. Burns: ASABE Iowa Section Young Engineer of the Year, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

M. Carroll: Outstanding Performance Award—GradPlanner Implementation Project, College of Engineering, ISU

H. Hanna: ASABE Iowa Section Engineer of the Year, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers; Blue Ribbon, Educational Aids Competition, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

J. Harmon: Superior Engineering Extension Award, College of Engineering, ISU; Two Blue Ribbons, Educational Aids Competition, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

M. Helmers: ASABE Iowa Section Newcomer Engineer of the Year Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

S. Hoff: Superior Engineering Teacher Award, College of Engineering, ISU

A. Kaleita-Forbes: Outstanding ABE Professor, College of Engineering, ISU; Early Achievement in Teaching, College of Agriculture, ISU; Teaching Award of Merit, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture

R. Kanwar: Chief Editor, International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Asian Association of Agricultural Engineering; Fellow, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

B. Koenig: Four Blue Ribbons, Educational Aids Competition, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

J. Koziel: Award for Excellence in Honors Advising and Mentoring, ISU

S. Mickelson: Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, ISU Foundation; Advisor of the Year, University Academic Advising Committee, ISU; Outstanding Performance Award—GradPlanner Implementation Project, College of Engineering, ISU; Chair, 3W225 Committee, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

C. Schwab: Blue Ribbon, Educational Aids Competition, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

S. Smith: 2005 Editor’s Award, American Society of Engineering Education

K. Walker: Three Blue Ribbons, Educational Aids Competition, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

B. Weiser: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

H. Xin: Two Superior Paper Awards, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

S. Ziegenbusch: Outstanding Performance Award—GradPlanner Implementation Project, College of Engineering, ISU

 

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
J. Danielson: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

L. Edson: Unsung Heroine Award, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, ISU

K. Hebert: Editor, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

S. Mallapragada: Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers; Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analyses

D. Rollins: Faculty Excellence Award, Board of Regents

D. Schlagel: Outstanding contributions to the success of the Windows Build Process Project, Seamless IT Initiative, College of Engineering, ISU; Outstanding contributions to the success of the RHEL Building Process Project, Seamless IT Initiative, College of Engineering, ISU

J. Shanks: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, ISU Foundation

 

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
R. Bovenmyer: Excellence Award in Most Improved category, Apex

J. Cable: Outstanding Achievement Award, Iowa Concrete Paving Association

L. Cormicle: 2006 Engineering Leadership Award, College of Engineering, ISU

J. Gaunt: Dean’s Staff Excellence Award, College of Engineering, ISU

L. Greimann: 2005 Outstanding Civil Engineer of the Year, Iowa Section, American Society of Civil Engineers

B. Perkins: 2006 Engineering Leadership Award, College of Engineering, ISU

R. Souleyrette: 2006 Engineering Leadership Award, College of Engineering, ISU

R. Steffes: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

D. White: Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, ISU Foundation; Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, ISU

 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
V. Ajjarapu: Edited Books on Voltage Stability Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Editor, IEEE Power Engineering Letters; Award for Outstanding Performance as a Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Chairperson, IEEE Voltage Stability Focus Group

S. Aluru: Best Paper Award, IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference; Best Paper Award, 20th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium; Program Vice Chair, IEEE HiPC

J. Bowler: International Research Collaborator Award, The Technical Co-operation Panel

N. Bowler: Outstanding Paper Published in Measurement Science and Technology in 2005, Editorial Board, Measurement Science and Technology

M. Chang: Guest Editor, Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems

V. Dalal: David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Award for Research, College of Engineering, ISU

T. Daniels: General Chair, Computer Network Forensics Workshop

A. Dogandzic: Guest Editor, Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue on Signal Processing for Positioning and Navigation with Applications to Communications

R. Geiger: Member, IEEE Fellow Committee

M. Govindarasu: Guest Co-Editor, Journal of Systems and Software; Workshops Chair, IEEE SecureComm Workshops; Workshops Chair, IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing; Workshops Co-Chair, IEEE WPDRTS: Steering Committee

D. Jacobson: Meet the Challenge Award, InfraGard, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Distinguished Service Award, Iowa Academy of Science

D. Jiles: Royal Society Ewing Lecturer, United Kingdom

A. Kamal: Area Editor, Elsevier Computer Networks

S. Kim: Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems; Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters

R. Kumar: Associate Editor, Journal of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems

C.-C. Liu: Editor, IEE Proceedings—Generation, Transmission and Distribution; Editor, IEE Japan International Journal Engineering Intelligent Systems

Y. Ma: Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

J. Mesterhazy: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

J. Oliver: Best Paper Award, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference; Associate Editor, ASME’s Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

D. Reiners: Best Paper Award, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference

D. Rover: Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Member-At-Large, NAE Engineering Education Leadership Institute

A. Somani: Keynote Speaker, PDCS 2005; Distinguished Lecture, University of Texas, Dallas; General Chair, IEEE/ACM/Greatnet BRODANETS

Z. Wang: Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters

 

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
M. Frank: 2006 SME Branimir F. von Turkovich Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineering Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; 2006 Branimir F. von Turkovich Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers

S. Ryan: Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics: An International Journal; Best Paper Award in Engineering Economics, 2006 Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference

 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
I. Anderson: 2006 APMI International Fellow Award, American Powder Metallurgy Institute-International

C. Garcia: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

L. Genalo: Educator of the Year, Technology Association of Iowa

D. Jiles: Royal Society Ewing Lecturer, United Kingdom

A. Russell: James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, ISU

D. Shechtman: Honorary Member, Japan Institute of Metals

P. Thiel: Dr. Honoris Causa (honorary degree), Institut National Polytechnic de Lorraine

R. B. Thompson: Distinguished Fellow, Iowa Academy of Sciences

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering
J. Bernard: Deans’ Faculty Leadership Award, College of Engineering, ISU

R. Brown: Distinguished Iowa Scientist, Iowa Academy of Sciences

P. Castleberry: Superior Engineering Advisor Award, College of Engineering, ISU

A. Chandra: Guest Editor, Trans Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

R. Nelson: VEISHEA Faculty Recognition Award, College of Engineering, ISU

J. Oliver: Best Paper Award, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference

M. Pate: Superior Engineering Teacher Award, College of Engineering, ISU

J. Reinhart: CYtation Award, P&S Council, ISU

 

Engineering International Programs
J. Apple-Smith: Dean’s Staff Excellence Award, College of Engineering, ISU
Engineering Undergraduate Programs

C. Sloan-Schroeder: P&S Outstanding New Professional Award, ISU